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Alright, just a week after moving in we’ve received our belongings from Berlin. So now the move really is completed. Okay, we still have to unpack 22 boxes, set up all the technical pleasantries and find room for everything … but this shouldn’t take too long. And then we’re all set.

That was quick. We’ve been viewing only three or four flats in the past weeks and today already marks our moving in day.

So yes, we did find a flat we both like, that’s affordable and in a nice location. Actually Max’ daily way to and from work will be down to about two minutes walk. The flat is almost completely furnished and stuffed with almost everything one could need. That should make the waiting for our things from Berlin to arrive very comfortable.

The flat is in the top floor of a typical british tenant housing building in the south centre of town. Though we are in a rather quite street it’s only minutes (by foot) to everywhere we need to go: supermarket, work, gym, park, over-crowded tourist attractions.

I think we will like it quite a lot here. And when the rest of our belongings will arrive this is even more going to be our new home.

As our adventure seems to be progressing in rather small steps so far it’s nice to note that another huge step finally has been taken. Although it’s actually two steps.

Number one is that everything we want and need to take to Edinburgh is packed in boxes, ready to be collected by our trusted moving company. Everything will either stay at our Berlin home (ready for subtenants to use) or was already shipped to a special secret place in the middle of nowhere where only Max and I will be able to find and reclaim it when we get back to Germany.

The second (and from my point of view the more interesting) is the fact that I finally arrived in Edinburgh as well. Now we can keep up the search for a fitting flat together and explore the town – though Max has gained quite a head start in the latter department I suppose.

Nevertheless, everything could be moving quite fast from now on. Some of the most intricate chores have been completed by now. So the main focus can unhindered stay on finding a flat.

And of course we will try to update this blog more often from now on! So stay tuned if you’re interested in what’s going on over here. If you feel we’re communicating too little let us know.

Becoming a UK resident is quite easy, you might think. You just have to move there.

While in Germany you’re supposed to go to a registration office, non of this exists in the UK.

But for getting a flat as well as for a job you definitively need a bank account – and for getting a bank account, you need a flat. See where the weak spot is?
Having found a room in a flat share is the first step of success. But the bank really needs a proof that you are actually living there.

That’s why I’m having my third meeting at a Scottish bank on Monday.

At least the accountant assured me: “After all you are an European citizen – that shouldn’t be a problem.”
Hope that the Scottish people are a bit more European than the English are. 😀